The Distemper of our Times 9780773591547

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The Distemper of our Times
9780773591547

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Peter C. Newman

Table of contents :
Cover
Title
The Carleton Library
Contents
Introduction to the Carleton Library Edition
Author’s Preface to the Carleton Library Edition
Foreword
PART ONE: Presumption of Power
1. A Sizzling of Fuses
2. Sixty Days A-Go-Go
PART TWO: Paradox in Power
3. A Good Man in a Wicked Time
4. The Seminal Influences
5. The Captive Hero
6. The Politics of Utility
7. The Puzzle inside the Chinese Boxes
PART THREE: Renegade out of Power
8. The Waltz of the Party Pashas
9. A Dark and Bellowing Presence
10. The Year Dalton Camp Blew His Cool
11. The Struggle for Succession
12. Convention
13. Done For
14. The New Leader
PART FOUR: Exercise of Power
15. The Acrobats in the Empty Circus Tent
16. Walter Gordon: Troubled Canadian
17. A Footnote on "Sailor Jack"
18. The Exploding Epaulettes
19. The Great Flag Debate
20. The Temptations of Power
PART FIVE: Emancipation of Power
21. The Revolt That Tried to Become a Revolution
22. Nine Momentous Days in April
23. The Death of Co-operative Federalism
PART SIX: Power Denied
24. The Uncertain Trumpet Call
25. The Man Who Tried to Become Canada
26. The Campaigner Who Never Was
27. The Reluctant Reckoning
PART SEVEN: Abdication of Power
28. The Munsinger Affair
29. Downhill All the Way
30. The Flowering of Pierre
Appendices
Chronology
Acknowledgements
Index
Suggestions for Further Reading

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